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FREELAND W'. OSTROM, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

DEVICE FOR ATTACHING SOAP CAKES TO CHAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,175, dated October 28, 1890. Application filed December 9 1889- Serial No. 333,093. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREELAND W. OsrRoM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented .certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Attaching Soap Cakes to Chains and the Like and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others Iskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to devices for attaching soap cakes to chains or similar retaining means, but has especial reference to the construction of the internal soap-anchor, with the end in view to afford a swivel for the chain. Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation showing my improvement within a cake of soap preparatory to packing, while Fig. 2 is a similar view, but showing the eye drawn out in condition ready for the chain attachment; and Fig. 3, a sectional elevation of a cake of soap provided with my improvement, the anchor-rod being shouldered in front of the offsets in order to preserve the relative position of the latter while the anchor is thrust within the soap.

Similar letters denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

A is the soap cake. My improved anchor consists of a rod B, extending loosely through the eccentricallyperforated beads C D, the forward end of said rodv terminating in an eye E, while the rear end terminates in a shoulder F. The rod has a free rotary and longitudinal movement within the beads, while the latter in their proper position within the soap extend in opposite directions in order to afford the greatest resistance to any strain on the rod.

The anchor shown at Fig. 1 is introduced within the soap by simply placing it between two blocks of green plastic soap and then compressing the latter around it.

In the anchor shown at Fig. 3 the rod is provided with shoulders ct in front of the beads, whereby the latter can only slip a" limited distance along the rod, thereby permitting the anchor to be introduced within the soap by simply thrusting it within the latter. It will be readily seen that this mode of introducing the anchor would not be practical with respect to the construction shown at Fig. l for the reason that the beads would slip the entire length of the rodwithout penetrating the soap. Now it will be seen that my improved anchor is completely within the cake of soap, thus making the appearance of the latter like that of any ordinary soap cake.

In attaching the anchor to a chain the rod is merely pulled out until the shoulder F abuts against the bead C, thus bringing the eve E outside of the soap cake, as shown at Fig. 2 and in dotted lines at Fig. 3. When the chain has been attached to said eye, there can be no kinking of said chain, because the rod B turns freely within the beads after the manner of a swivel.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, Is-

1. In a cake of soap, an internal anchor consisting of a rod extending loosely through perforated beads, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a cake of soap, an anchor consisting of eccentrically-perforated beads and a rod extending through the latter and' capable of a rotary and longitudinal movement therein,

said rod having at the front end an eye and g at the rear end a shoulder, substantially as set forth.

3. In a cake of soap, a means whereby said soap may be attached to a chain, consisting of a rod swiveled within perforated beads and provided with an eye at the front end, substantially as shown and set forth.

4L. In a cake of soap, the herein-described combined anchor and eye for use in connection with a chain or the like, consisting of the osets and the rod extending therethrough and having at the front end an eye and at the rear end a shoulder, said rod being capable of two movements-one a longitudinal lmovement through said offsets, 'whereby the eye may be withdrawn from the soap for atmovement within the offsets, whereby a swivel is afforded-substantially as shown, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREELAND W. OSTROM. Vitnesses:

F. W. SMITH, Jr., J. P. FINCH.

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